Last Friday Tanya, Candace, and I headed up to Edinburgh, Scotland with Topdeck tours. We had to leave our apartments at 5:30am in order to get to the Globetrotters hostel in London where the bus was taking off. Needless to say we were tired when we finally got on the bus. Which was good, because it was a 10 hour bus ride!!! yikes. I thought it was only going to be 5 hours, so I was a little shocked! Luckily I was able to get two seats to myself, so I slept a decent amount. We got to the Globetrotters hostel in Edinburgh at 4:45pm. We got settled in, headed to the hostel pub for a drink, and then had a free BBQ provided by topdeck tours. After the BBQ we decided to brush up on some Scottish history. We watched Braveheart in the fancy DVD room that our hostel had. It had a big theater screen and comfortable lounging chairs.
Saturday morning we were up bright and early for our city bus tour. It was pretty interesting. saw the city and the hills/little mountains next to it. After the tour we ate lunch at a fancy restaurant named The Witchery. Tanya was told that famous people eat there quite a bit. We asked our server about it and she said that Justin Timberlake was there a few weeks ago. DAMN!! should have done the Edinburgh trip earlier. That would have been AWESOME! probably wouldn't have known what to do if i saw him though. drool a bunch and stare.
After our famous person free lunch :( we headed across the street to Camera Obscura. Which is a museum with a bunch of crazy optical illusion stuff. There were 3D magic eye pictures. Love them!! There was also a booth were you took your picture and then it showed you what you would look like as a monkey, baby, and cartoon. It was pretty funny! There was also one where Candace and I sat across from each other and when I looked at myself I saw her eyes, my nose, her mouth, etc. It made us laugh!!
From Camera Obscura we headed up to Edinburgh Castle. We toured the castle grounds and looked in on the Scotland Royal Jewels. They were pretty cool. don't think dirty!
Now one of the best parts comes after Edinburgh Castle. We went on a Ghost and Torture tour. Our tour guide brought us back to old time Edinburgh where they screamed "gardy loo" out their windows and then dumped their toilet bins out. GROSS! Hopefully you have good reactions otherwise you're covered in goo! We were then brought into a room that had torture devices. Not very pleasant. After that we were brought down to the below ground vaults where there is some ghost activity. The vaults we went into were featured on the history channel's Britain's Most Haunted. Spooky!!! It was actually a little spooky. One room was home to a poltergeist. The lights never work in there and sometimes the flashlight that the tour guide carries goes out or flashes. We also had to avoid the center and guys stood on one side and women on the other. Apparently the ghost attacks women more violently and the right side (where the women were) was less powerful. Scary. None of us were attacked. The poltergeist must have been resting! Another room had a circle in the center of it where there is an evil spirit trapped inside. Sometimes when people step into it, they wake up the next day with unexplained scratches. The tour guide dared any skeptics to step inside. Candace and our bus driver did! Yikes! We were all expecting something to happen, like the bus rolling or something, but luckily nothing did. No scratches or weird accidents. Maybe it is just a bunch of balony. After the Ghost tour we were dropped off at a pub where we got discounted drink tickets from going on the tour. After that our bus brought us back to the hostel where we drank and played pool at the hostel pub.
We got to sleep in until about 9:30am the next day. That was exciting. Especially since we stayed at the pub a little later than we should have! After loading the bus we travelled for about an hour and a half to get to the William Wallace Monument and Stirling Castle. They were both nice. At the William Wallace Monument we walked up 256 stairs to the top where we had a spectacular view (i'll be getting pictures online shortly). After that we headed back to the hostel where we had a quiet night. Too much fun the night before!!
Monday morning we left at 10:15am. We watched Euro Trip, The Italian Job, Troy, and the Illusionist on the bus ride back from Edinburgh to London. Yes, the bus ride was so long we were able to watch 4 full movies!!! Got back to my apartment around 9:30pm, made some food, talked to Becker, and went to bed. I was WAY tired, but even though I was still uber tired in the morning I got up and went to my cycling class at the gym. I have successfully woken up before work to exercise 5 workdays in a row. I think I might be able to do this workout before work thing!!!
Work wasn't too bad today. it went by pretty fast. I'm starting to be able to do more things on my own. Still don't have my own computer though. Hopefully it will come tomorrow, otherwise i'm SOL.
Saturday morning we were up bright and early for our city bus tour. It was pretty interesting. saw the city and the hills/little mountains next to it. After the tour we ate lunch at a fancy restaurant named The Witchery. Tanya was told that famous people eat there quite a bit. We asked our server about it and she said that Justin Timberlake was there a few weeks ago. DAMN!! should have done the Edinburgh trip earlier. That would have been AWESOME! probably wouldn't have known what to do if i saw him though. drool a bunch and stare.
After our famous person free lunch :( we headed across the street to Camera Obscura. Which is a museum with a bunch of crazy optical illusion stuff. There were 3D magic eye pictures. Love them!! There was also a booth were you took your picture and then it showed you what you would look like as a monkey, baby, and cartoon. It was pretty funny! There was also one where Candace and I sat across from each other and when I looked at myself I saw her eyes, my nose, her mouth, etc. It made us laugh!!
From Camera Obscura we headed up to Edinburgh Castle. We toured the castle grounds and looked in on the Scotland Royal Jewels. They were pretty cool. don't think dirty!
Now one of the best parts comes after Edinburgh Castle. We went on a Ghost and Torture tour. Our tour guide brought us back to old time Edinburgh where they screamed "gardy loo" out their windows and then dumped their toilet bins out. GROSS! Hopefully you have good reactions otherwise you're covered in goo! We were then brought into a room that had torture devices. Not very pleasant. After that we were brought down to the below ground vaults where there is some ghost activity. The vaults we went into were featured on the history channel's Britain's Most Haunted. Spooky!!! It was actually a little spooky. One room was home to a poltergeist. The lights never work in there and sometimes the flashlight that the tour guide carries goes out or flashes. We also had to avoid the center and guys stood on one side and women on the other. Apparently the ghost attacks women more violently and the right side (where the women were) was less powerful. Scary. None of us were attacked. The poltergeist must have been resting! Another room had a circle in the center of it where there is an evil spirit trapped inside. Sometimes when people step into it, they wake up the next day with unexplained scratches. The tour guide dared any skeptics to step inside. Candace and our bus driver did! Yikes! We were all expecting something to happen, like the bus rolling or something, but luckily nothing did. No scratches or weird accidents. Maybe it is just a bunch of balony. After the Ghost tour we were dropped off at a pub where we got discounted drink tickets from going on the tour. After that our bus brought us back to the hostel where we drank and played pool at the hostel pub.
We got to sleep in until about 9:30am the next day. That was exciting. Especially since we stayed at the pub a little later than we should have! After loading the bus we travelled for about an hour and a half to get to the William Wallace Monument and Stirling Castle. They were both nice. At the William Wallace Monument we walked up 256 stairs to the top where we had a spectacular view (i'll be getting pictures online shortly). After that we headed back to the hostel where we had a quiet night. Too much fun the night before!!
Monday morning we left at 10:15am. We watched Euro Trip, The Italian Job, Troy, and the Illusionist on the bus ride back from Edinburgh to London. Yes, the bus ride was so long we were able to watch 4 full movies!!! Got back to my apartment around 9:30pm, made some food, talked to Becker, and went to bed. I was WAY tired, but even though I was still uber tired in the morning I got up and went to my cycling class at the gym. I have successfully woken up before work to exercise 5 workdays in a row. I think I might be able to do this workout before work thing!!!
Work wasn't too bad today. it went by pretty fast. I'm starting to be able to do more things on my own. Still don't have my own computer though. Hopefully it will come tomorrow, otherwise i'm SOL.
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